838 Area Code: Albany, New York

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Area Code 838 Information

State: New York
Primary City: Albany
Primary Carrier: Verizon
Other Cities: Binghamton, Brentwood, Buffalo

Neighborhood Demographics

Based on US Census data for Albany

31.9 y/o

Median Age

Compared to the US median age of 38.7 y/o

$59.5K

Median Income

Compared to the US median income of $78.5K

$223K

Median Home Value

Compared to the US median home value of $303.4K

100.1K

Albany Population

Compared to the US median city population of 171.9K

Active Prefixes in the 838 Area Code

About the 838 Area Code

New York's 838 area code is an overlay sharing geography with the long-running 518 across the Capital Region and surrounding upstate counties. Albany — the state capital — anchors the directory's records here. The city sits along the Hudson River, organized around the New York State Capitol and the Empire State Plaza, with a downtown core and a surrounding cluster of state-government, healthcare, and higher-education employment. The 838 designation, part of the North American Numbering Plan, is in the early phases of being filled with active number assignments.

In records the directory has compiled for 838 numbers, other New York cities — Binghamton, Brentwood, Buffalo, and Hempstead — appear regularly. None of those are inside the 838 footprint. The pattern reflects standard public-record dynamics across New York. The directory currently documents 5 distinct prefixes within 838 in detail, an early-stage subset that should be read as the start of working coverage rather than a comprehensive count.

Albany's home values come in close to the US median, with median household income running below the national figure. The city's median age sits well under the US reading, in the low thirties, shaped by the substantial student population at the surrounding higher-education campuses. Population places Albany among the smaller state-capital cities. The 838 footprint shares those demographics with 518 because both codes serve the Capital Region in overlapping form, and the broader region's economic and demographic profile reflects state government, healthcare, education, and the surrounding mix of suburban and rural upstate counties.